Yesterday we had fun with the kids and parents at The Neighborhood School in the East Village, and we empowered them to remind Mayor DeBlasio that off shore wind is there and ready to cover all his needs for his own renewable energy commitments for NYC to become 100% renewable-powered.
dozens of these postcards went out to the mayor to remind him.
We are so excited to invite you to the Long Island Premiere of How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can’t Change, from Oscar Nominated director Josh Fox (GASLAND)..
We will be promoting and joining the event and follow the movie with a discussion from All Our Energy’s own Off Shore Wind Team Leader Matthew Kearns!
UNSHAKEABLE IMAGES! THIS FILM WILL MAKE YOU WANT TO BE THE CHANGE- Daily Journal
Date: Thursday April 21, 2016 7:30pm
Where: CINEMA ARTS CENTRE
AD: 423 Park Avenue Huntington NY 11743
WE highly recommend buying tickets in advance from Cinema Arts Centre here
Please share the flyer above and the facebook event here:
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Josh Fox continues in his deeply personal style, investigating climate change – the greatest threat our world has ever known. Traveling to 12 countries on 6 continents, the film acknowledges that it may be too late to stop some of the worst consequences and asks, what is it that climate change can’t destroy? What is so deep within us that no calamity can take it away? www.howtoletgomovie.com/
We hope you’ll join us for this event! Come and bring YOUR answer what YOU’RE fighting for that climate can’t change!
Thanks to all for such a fun night and an incredible discussion that followed at our screening of “Bag It” at on 4/1/16 at Bridgeworks!
Our Thanks especially to Councilman Eramo and Councilwoman Goggin who spoke about taking action on this issue! Thanks also to the City of Long Beach for their support, Long Beach International Film Festival, Long Beach Chamber, Jack Johnson(for the autographed swag), and our event hosts Bridgeworks, and our event sponsors: Cybernet, East End Chiropractic, Lift, and Sunpower by Empower Solar.
don’t forget-
Bridgeworks have a great offer for you all- sign up for a monthly coworking package at Bridgeworks and receive a month free. For members interested in offices, security will be lessened to 1 month to reserve the office (rather than 2), Any members interested can book a tour from this link:
Why is our movement growing and only getting stronger?
YOU!!
We need your power now to continue building momentum, raising awareness and most of all, helping everyone transition to a reusable bag culture that eliminates single-use plastic bag pollution.
We are really loving seeing the bumper stickers and window clings going up all over, and hope you will display your support, too.
Stay tuned- more dates and events will be coming.
A big crowd is expected tonight to see “Bag It” at Bridgeworks. Come be a part of a fun night!
Door prizes include signed Jack Johnson items(thank you Jack!), A Free Family Beach Pass from the City of Long Beach(Thank You City of Long Beach!), and more.
Bridgeworks have a great offer for you all- sign up for a monthly coworking package at Bridgeworks and receive a month free. For members interested in offices, security will be lessened to 1 month to reserve the office (rather than 2), Any members interested can book a tour from this link:
Refreshments will be served. Parking is limited so we suggest teaming up with your neighbors and friends for a fun ride together!
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the official start of the process to create the wind farm area 11 miles south of our shores at Long Beach
Read Long Beach Herald article here: Feds identify offshore wind farm site
Want to see what it might look like from the beach? Click here
All Our Energy will be advocating 100% FOR IT and advocating it be done to the highest environmental, wildlife, and shared-use standards possible for best outcomes. As residents of a 100 mile long island that is very vulnerable to climate impacts, we cannot afford to stay on the fossil fuels driving that climate change. The impacts of off shore wind would be minute, compared to more or continued dirty energy use.
If you have any questions about it, please contact us and we will address your concerns or find out the answers you seek.
Long Island is at a crossroads. We need more power to run our homes, especially on the South Fork.
A developer is ready to supply this energy, from an off shore wind farm, promised at the same or lower cost than a new fossil fuel power plant, with battery storage to cover the estimated few dozen hours annually the wind isn’t blowing, and they take all the risk, supplying electricity at a fixed rate for a certain period of time.
In opposition to that, another developer wants to put one or two fossil fuel powered plants into the area. this will probably require new gas pipelines and other dangerous infrastructure through Long Island neighborhoods to feed it.
The choice couldn’t be clearer. why would we go back to the past when we can move on to a clean energy future and start the renewable energy revolution right here on Long Island- a revolution that comes with up to 40,000 jobs?
Join our meeting tonight to educate and support YOU to speak at LIPA’s March 21 board meeting for off shore wind! This will likely be the last chance before they announce their decision. Let’s be heard and help them make the right choice!
We had a fantastic time and an enlightening conversation followed on from our screening of “Bag It” last Friday.
All Our Energy and the BYO Bag LB Campaign Thank The City Of Long Beach, Councilman Anthony Eramo, Ryan Mc Tiernan, The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, and Surfrider Foundation Central LI Chapter, and sponsors Cybernet (http://www.cybernetny.com/)and EmPower Solar (www.empower–solar.com/).
Did you get your BYO Bag LB Bumper sticker??? Put one up and help show your support for this campaign!
Tonight, Friday Night March 4, 2016 at 7pm, join All Our Energy, the BYO Bag LB Campaign along with the City Of Long Beach, The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, and Surfrider Foundation Central LI Chapter, with pizza and refreshments sponsored by Cybernet (http://www.cybernetny.com/) and EmPower Solar (www.empower–solar.com/) for family Friendly Friday night movie showing of “Bag It” at Long Beach City Hall.
We must expand and show the widespread public support (that’s YOU) that there is for this, and make this a dinner table topic to transition Long Beach to a reusable bag culture!Can you show your support and to help advocate with us?
For this date and others upcoming, we will need volunteers, and happy moviegoers alike. Please bring your friends, kids, everyone and tell and share with everyone you know. invite them right now at the event link here: https://www.facebook.com/
If you haven’t already, Please like and share the campaign’s Facebook page
With your help, we will be unstoppable!!
Right now, millions in New York can not make their own clean energy because the sun doesn’t shine on their roof the right way, or maybe they don’t even have a roof! Why should that be our limit?
What if we found a way for them to still generate their own solar power that they could use anyway?
At our 2/17/16 meeting, we discussed these issues and what we can all do about it.
Two ways to do this are community owned solar projects and off site / virtual net metering. Your clean energy is created somewhere besides your house or business, and you still get to use it.
These are new strategies that would help unleash a renewables revolution in New York. We have the power right now, in New York and especially on Long Island, to beneficially replace outdated fossil fuel infrastructure that has outlived its expected life span. It must be replaced soon.
With your help, we will make sure Long Island moves into renewable energy.
If we buy in to all new fossil fuels, we will have them for 30-50 years more without the opportunity to switch to large scale renewables, like off shore wind which are safer and cleaner than fossil fuels, and are ready to go today at the same price as new fossil fuel plants.
So why aren’t we changing?
Inertia, powerful interests, utility profit models that increase based on burning more fuels instead of supplying energy, exclusion of others to supply energy even if safe, practical and economical (not a free market). These modes are outdated and these entities need to move into the 21st century profit model that simultaneously cleans up most of their dirty emissions, or make way for those that will.
Join our meeting to discuss putting the “power” in your hands to tell officials and other decision-makers to do the right thing and adopt economical renewables on a grand scale in New York, make community-owned projects easier, and help open new paths for renewables to fill our electricity needs.
An exciting time and I’m glad you’re taking this journey with us!
